Bill Ayres
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Bill Ayres
Radio talk show host and Executive Director and co-founder of World Hunger Year (WHY).
Ayres became a Catholic priest for the Archdiocese in New York in 1966, but always had a fondness for radio broadcasting. He began hosting and producing a weekly radio talk show on NY Radio WPLJ 95.5FM in 1973[1], on which has taken thousands of calls and offered advice about personal, relational, spiritual and social values[2][3].
He served for 10 years at St. Joseph's Church in Babylon before resigning in 1979.
[edit] World Hunger Year
In 1975, Ayres and his close friend, folksinger and songwriter Harry Chapin, saw a pressing need to aid the impoverished with basic needs such as food. They began World Hunger Year, an organization with a stated mission to defeat hunger through charity, using grassroots efforts and rallying celebrities and leaders to help promote the cause[4][5].
Ayres has served as Executive Director since 1983. Ayres and Chapin believed that solutions to hunger and poverty are found through long-term solutions, like supporting community-based organizations that empower individuals and build self-reliance[6].
Ayres has spun off other two national hunger coalitions, The Medford Group of national hunger organizations and the National Jobs for All Coalition. He is also a board member of Long Island Cares, Long Island's food bank.
He is the co-author of the book All You Need is Love: And 99 Other Life Lessons From Classic Rock Songs with radio colleague Pete Fornatale[7].
[edit] References
- ^ The Record (Bergen County, NJ), Sounds Of The Riviera, By. Raymond A. Edel, 02-28-2000
- ^ WPLJ Ayres Show Page
- ^ New York Times, Q&A: Bill Ayres; In Forefront of Fighting World Hunger, By Susan Konig, March 29, 1998
- ^ ibid.
- ^ New York Times, Fighting World Hunger from Mineola, By. Michael Bux, May 7, 1978
- ^ New York Times, A Group Founded on Long Island Seeks to Rectify ‘injustice’ of the Hungry, By. Michael Bux, May 7, 1978
- ^ Ayres, Bill (1998). All You Need is Love: And 99 Other Life Lessons From Classic Rock Songs (Simon and Schuster), New York: Fireside,. ISBN: 0684845296 .
